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Table 5 Association of knowledge, attitude and practice with socio-demographic characteristics (Multivariate linear regression) (n = 386)

From: Oral health status among newly arrived refugees in Germany: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Knowledge

Attitude

Practice

Regression Coefficient (Standard error), P-value

Increase in age per year (continuous variable)

− 0.002 (0.006), 0.729

0.029 (0.010), 0.005

−0.010 (0.008), 0.187

Country of origin (ref. Syrians)

−0.157 (0.124), 0.206

−0.595 (0.213), 0.005

− 0.132 (0.160), 0.408

Gender (ref. Male)

0.312 (0.146), 0.034

0.093 (0.250), 0.710

0.633 (0.189), 0.001

Increase in education per year (continuous variable)

0.055 (0 .0140), < 0.001

0.0920 (0.024), < 0.001

0.086 (0.018), < 0.001

Overall model R-squared value, P-value

0.064, < 0.001

0.089, < 0.001

0.096, < 0.001